The Civil Administration dismantled and confiscated the homes of five families in Palestinian communities east of Jerusalem, leaving 30 people, including 13 minors, homeless.
9 June 2020
On Tuesday morning, 9 June 2020, at around 7:00 A.M., Civil Administration personnel arrived with an escort of military jeeps and a crane truck at the Palestinian community of al-Muntar, which lies in al-Quds district, southeast of the town of al-‘Eizariyah. The forces confiscated four residential shacks that served as a residence for four families, 19 people in total, including nine minors. One of the shacks was donated by a humanitarian aid organization. Four of the shacks served as livestock enclosures.
In addition, Yesterday morning, at around 8:00 A.M., Civil Administration personnel arrived with an escort of military jeeps, Border Police officers and a crane truck at the Palestinian community of Abu Ghaliya , southeast of the town of al-‘Eizariyah, in the area Israel defines as E1. The forces dismantled and confiscated a wooden structure and tin plates that served as a residence for a family of 11 people, including four minors. The community consists of 20 families, 170 people in total, half of whom are minors. The community is not connected to water or electricity networks and relies on electricity supply from solar panels donated by the E.U. and purchasing of water containers. The children of the community are driven to school in ‘Anata in buses supplied by the Palestinian Authority.
From there, the forces continued 200 meters north to the community of Nkheilah, also in the E1 area, where they dismantled and confiscated a wooden guest room used for communal purposes, pipes and shade sails. Similarly, this community is not connected to water or electricity networks and relies on electricity supply from solar panels donated by the E.U. and purchasing of water containers. The children of the community are driven to school in ‘Anata in buses supplied by the Palestinian Authority.